Charles J. Stegemann

Sergeant Charles Stegemann was shot and killed after responding to a domestic disturbance on North B Street.

Sergeant Stegemann and several officers from the Hamilton Police Department were surrounding the suspect's home and preparing to enter the front steps when the suspect opened the front door and began firing with a shotgun. Sergeant Stegemann was killed instantly, and another officer was wounded. The other members of the arrest team returned fire on the suspect, hitting him twice, and killing him.

Sergeant Stegemann was survived by his wife and daughter and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.